So God, Where I am now they call this springtime. I want sunshine, flowers, robin’s eggs, and even muddy boots shed on the stoop on the way inside for a cup of tea, served with a big spoonful of honey. Spring’s sweetness is what I want. I do not want the bitter blast of cold… Read More
Friday Prayer: Fellow Travelers
Oh Holy One, How quickly we forget that you brought us onto this planet as travelers on the same road, hungry ones in need of food, tired ones in need of rest. How quickly we turn on one another and question instead of believe, accuse instead of listen, attack instead of trust. We aim at… Read More
RevGalBookPals: The Path Between Us
Disclosure: I have attended two BEs (Big Events) with Suzanne Stabile and received two free copies of this book, plus the study guide, for review. After four years of study, prayer, pouting, protesting, and assimilation of information, I can tell you that the Enneagram has been the greatest spiritual tool to helping me connect with… Read More
Thursday Prayer: Pursued by Goodness
Goodness and mercy all my days, shall surely follow me… Dear God, I am trying to write my sermon for Good Shepherd Sunday and I keep singing Brother James’ Air and in particular those lines about goodness and mercy. The verb is apparently a really active one. Not so much follow as pursue. So I… Read More
Tuesday Prayer
To my Lord Jesus Christ who came into the world to save those who were lost You who did leave the ninety and nine sheep in order to look for the lost one please look for me in the path of my errors where I hide myself from you and my fellow humans. You, the… Read More
Sunday Prayer: What Wondrous Love
What love you have for us, O Merciful One: the sparrow chirrups faithfully and the daffodil sprouts through snow, joy greets us daily with the sunrise and grace finds us every night. What love you have for us, O Forgiving One: that new visions reveal your relentless hope though the world is overwrought with war,… Read More
Friday Prayer: sowing our prayers
Oh Lord, The planning and planting, The yearning and dreaming, The unrealized hopes of last year All haunt us. We doubt ourselves, We wonder if we heard your voice, We name our failures, We stare down our accusers. But in this season Of setting buds and growing fruit, Of watering and fertilizing, Of tending and… Read More
11th Hour Preacher Party
Greetings, Preaching Friends! It’s that time again: the eleventh hour. These seem to come regularly, approximately once a week or so, yes? Revised Common Lectionary preachers have yet another resurrection appearance, as well as some other options, which are discussed in Tuesday’s RCL post. Narrative Lectionary preachers are pondering Saul/Paul’s conversion story from Acts. What… Read More
Friday Festival Miscellany
I’ve been away! Where it was sunny and warm. And I have returned with the exact same remains of the flu with which I departed. Returned to a Friday funeral for a beloved matriarch and to two critical meetings, one on Saturday and one on Sunday. So, please accept these readings as an example of… Read More
Ask the Matriarch: Toward More Robust Congregational Singing
This week’s question comes from a small church pastor. Can those of us who have enjoyed serving small congregations relate to this challenge? Dear Matriarchs, I am a few months into a new call to another small congregation. They are delightful and I am happy to say that we are getting off to a great… Read More
